science is boring, art is stupid

that was the all caps tagline put together by princeton university for it’s first annual art of science competition, with the adendum, “prove us wrong.” i suppose it was meant to be an eliciter of double takes and perhaps a professor farnsworth-esque “uh-whaaauh?” they may have unintentionally gotten it half right though. anyhow, quote: “this spring we asked the princeton university community to submit imagery produced in the course of research or incorporating tools and concepts from science. the resulting assembly of images celebrate the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and art inform each other.” the results are pretty cool. love the ants! some of you may notice bukowski’s mug in mooney faces by aaron schurger. reminds me of the faces in the old nonist before the redesign. anyone remember those? whish i’d known i was engaged in testing cognitive “perceptual closure?” i’d have charged by the hour.